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A dozen drawings by Leonardo da Vinci will be on view in the U.S. for the first time in a show opening this summer in Washington, D.C. They come from the Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of drawings and writings in Italian by the legendary polymath, which stretches across some 1,200 pages over 12 volumes.   Leonardo maintained the Codex Atl...

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Confindustria, the General Confederation of Italian Industry, is bringing Leonardo da Vinci to the United States in the occasion of the inauguration of an office in Washington D.C. The initiative is part of the project Confindustria in the world, which has already seen the opening of offices in Kiev and Singapore and aims to extende the Italian Ind...

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Ok, I admit it: this may be far-fetched because it wasn’t Italians who created contact lenses as we know them today. But if it wasn’t for an Italian, they may have never been invented! And guess who’s the Italian I am talking about? Leonardo!  Leonardo da Vinci is a name that everyone recognizes. A master in many fields, he was a painter, sculptor,...

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A small town in Tuscany is revelling in excitement after it was claimed that the bridge painted in the backdrop of the most famous portrait in the world – Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa – belongs to the town. The Italian historian Silvano Vinceti said he had no doubt that the Romito di Laterina bridge in the province of Arezzo was what Leonardo had...

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In an article published in the journal Leonardo, the researchers draw upon a fresh look at one of da Vinci's notebooks to show that the famed polymath had devised experiments to demonstrate that gravity is a form of acceleration—and that he further modeled the gravitational constant to around 97 percent accuracy. Da Vinci, who lived from 1452 to 15...

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If you’ve ever aspired to live in a 15th-century palazzo befit for a famed polymath, have I got news for you. According to a new report from Travel + Leisure, a historic, three-story property in the Italian city of Bologna has just hit the market. The kicker? It’s rumored to have been Leonardo da Vinci’s last home in Italy before he moved to France...

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It’s often hard to imagine those who moulded the world into what we know now as humans who ate, slept and… er, you know. Take Leonardo da Vinci. The original Renaissance man, this Italian polymath changed the worlds of art, engineering, science and architecture during his 67 years on Earth. Guy painted the damn Mona Lisa, for crying out loud. But w...

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Painter, writer, inventor, sculptor, musician – Leonardo da Vinci was one of Italy’s original Renaissance men. In fact, the idea of the “Renaissance man” was developed during the very time in which he lived. As one of the foremost intellects of world history, his brilliance survives today in artwork, statues and notebooks found throughout Italy and...

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One morning in July, a girl is dragged away from her homeland, reduced to slavery, and sold by human traffickers. From the wild plateaus of the Caucasus to the Black Sea, from Constantinople to Venice, from Florence to Vinci. When she arrives in Italy, everything has been taken from her – her body, her dreams, her future, her land, and her ancient...

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The Italian Cultural Society is happy to collaborate with the Kennedy Center in promoting: LEONARDISSIMO! – Leonardo da Vinci’s World and Its Waters. Part of the River Run Arts Festival. This stunning multimedia presentation about Leonardo da Vinci delves into the great master’s obsession with water. From the rivers that course through his painting...

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